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Friends This is my open letter to the Editor of "The Hindu". I am sending this to thehindu@vsnl.com and letters@thehindu.co.in Please blog my open letter wherever possible. Also forward this to thehindu@vsnl.com AND OTHER MEDIA PEOPLE, editors immediately. You may use your name if you so wish to and I hold NO copyrights or warranties for this letter ================== Open letter to The Hindu =================== From Vinayak Tamil Nadu India - 610001 To The Editor The Hindu, 859\860 Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002 Dear Editor This has reference to your news item at http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/12/stories/2 on the DV act Your news paper is known for accuracy in reporting and high standards. Please do NOT associate your name with casual researchers who have NOT understood ground realities. Your news paper should NOT be misleading your readers. The researcher in the above article claims "Delhiites continue to have misconceptions about the law" and goes on to state that people in Delhi are worried about the Misuse of DV [Domestic Violence Act] act This researcher has drawn completely wrong conclusions while the public at large are right in concluding that Domestic Violence act is being and will be misused. The Indian family is the bedrock of our traditions and continuity since vedic times. Since time immemorial our families have ensured the continuation of our scriptures and traditions. Vedas and prabhandhams and thirumarais and thiruvaimozi passed from father to son. Our culture passed from mother to daughter. Rama was always revereared WITH Sita, Lakmana, Bharatha, Chatruguna and Hanuman. All this being challenged by Ultra feminist and male hating agenda which has led to the gender biased, wife supporting legislation like the DV act Even before the DV act was promulgated, section 498A of IPC was grossly misused I am sure that eminent speakers like Cho N Ramaswamy, eminent Jurists like the Honbl. Shri Markandeya Katju, the Supreme court of India and others have spoken against the gross misuse of the Section 498A of IPC - also dubbed as false dwory cases While false dowry cases are piling in court corridors, the DV act is another draconian law, which - allows ONLY women to file complaints - makes ONLY men punishable (by virtue of being defendants) and completely ignores the fundamental righs guaranteed to all citizens, be it men, be it elderly parents of men or their siblings [...there are many more anomalies in this hasty and shoddy piece of legislation.....] I urge you immediately remove such "snake oil" from your august pages and also publish a corrigendum immediately dis associating yourself from such spurious reports and self styled researches Regards Vinayak May 13th 2007 ================== news item on The Hindu ======================== http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/12/stories/2 New Delhi Focus on Protection of Women from Violence Act P. Anima `Delhiites continue to have misconceptions about the law' NEW DELHI: More than a year after the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) was passed by Parliament, Delhiites continue to have misconceptions about the law, with most of them believing the Act is going to be rampantly misused, reveals a new study by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS), a research organisation here in the Capital. The latest study on "Knowledge and awareness on Domestic Violence and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005" was conducted to gauge general public knowledge and awareness about the PWDVA among the people of Delhi and some districts of Punjab. More than 50.7 per cent of the 513 people interviewed in Delhi for the in-house study said they had heard about the Act. But while 46.6 per cent of them understood domestic violence to be lack of understanding between husband and wife, some confused it with property disputes or conflicts in the husband's family. "It is the crux of the Act that people have failed to understand," said senior researcher Chittaranjan Mishra who co-ordinated the study, completed a week ago. "There are a number of civil measures in the Act that complement the existing criminal aspects," he added. The thrust of Act that seeks correction of the perpetrator's behaviour more than punitive measures is lost on the people. Though more than 80 per cent of the respondents have heard, seen or were aware of domestic violence, according to them a significant number of victims (25.4 per cent) did not approach anyone for help, while a few others turned to friends and relatives. Though 42.5 per cent of the victims approached the police, 421 respondents said that in 50.6 per cent of the cases no action was taken against the perpetrators. Interestingly, the study points out that the primary reason for inaction was mutual compromise arrived at by the parties concerned. Mutual compromise was arrived at in more that 50 per cent cases and money was used in 16.9 per cent instances to withdraw the case. Significantly, the respondents felt women belonging to the upper class were most likely to make use of the Act, in contrast to women of lower and middle classes. But a whopping 60.8 per cent of the respondents in Delhi believed that the Act would be rampantly misused. A large section of them (59.9 per cent) believed the Act would be misused intentionally. ======================================== Post a comment in response: |
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